American Flowers Week promotes domestic flowers and foliage in the marketplace, inspiring professionals and consumers alike. Here's a glimpse into the process whereby Johnny's flower team partnered with floral designer Rayne Grace Hoke on an interpretation of the late-summer gown — botanical couture for the goddess of the harvest.
See our checklist of must-have characteristics for an easy cut-flower garden. Here are three of the easiest, most reliable and productive cut flowers to get you started.
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Branching Sunflowers | Key Growing Information
Learn how to grow branching sunflowers from seed, including sowing and germination, light and soil requirements, spacing & harvesting, from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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Cut-Flower Harvesting & Post-Harvest Care | Best Practices from Pros in the Slow Flower Community
What are the best practices and systems for harvesting and post-harvest handling of flowers, herbs, and foliages before they leave the field and workshop, to safeguard that quality? This survey of 5 specialty cut-flower growers distills the collective and cumulative wisdom of three-quarters of a century of farming and selling flowers, from the Slow Flowers community.
Instructions and tips for cutting and air-drying ornamental flowers: location for drying, selecting flowers to dry, prepping, and how to know when your dried materials are ready for arrangements and crafting.
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Dwarf Sunflowers | Key Growing Information
Written by our research team, this reference contains the essential information for growing dwarf sunflowers. Read more for a successful harvest!
For experienced vegetable farmers looking to expand into commercial cut-flower production, as well as the more casual — yet entrepreneurial — gardener exploring ways to create a tidy income stream on the side, these personal narratives from expert farmers around the nation introduce our top-15 choices for getting started in cut flowers. Remember to take notes as you create your seed lists!
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Heat & Drought: How Flower Farmers Are Adapting to Changing & Challenging Climatic Conditions
Learn how 5 flower farmers from across the U.S. are successfully adapting to heat, drought, and the extreme weather events of a changing climate.
Vegetable gardening experts make their case for planting flowers in among your vegetables and herbs — or vice versa — to improve overall garden health as well as yield.
Learn how to choose the best sunflowers to grow, with flower-farming expert Lynn Byczinski. Here are the pros and cons of single-stem and branching types, with our top 10 recommendations for each type.
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Perennial Sunflowers | Key Growing Information
Written by our research team, this reference contains the essential information for growing perennial sunflowers from seed. Read more for a successful harvest!
Learn about our planting and harvesting programs, which varieties to plant and harvest and when, based on days to maturity and seasonal planting and harvesting slots. Planting programs help you ensure highest quality and yield across the widest possible window to your markets.